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The Bulletin: August 20-26, 2025
The Bulletin: August 20-26, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… CLICK HERE If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. The Machine that Is Eating the Earth – by David Haggith Global Nuclear Power Hits Record High as Asia Surges Ahead | OilPrice.com Why Oil Prices Don’t Rise To Consistently High […]
The Bulletin: May 1-7, 2025
The Bulletin: May 1-7, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. A Key Longevity Antioxidant Is Fading From Our Food Supply The Limits of Business-as-Usual in AEO 2025 | Art Berman Complexity, Collapse, and the Lessons of Late Antiquity More Than 150 Nobel-Prize Winning Scientists […]
The Bulletin: April 24-30, 2025
The Bulletin: April 24-30, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview. Killing People by Lies: The New CO2 Campaign $10T Money Print! Fed’s New Plan Will Dwarf Bernanke Era | ZeroHedge The Wile E. Coyote Recession How I Unintentionally Became an Urban Farmer Banned DDT […]
The Bulletin: April 10-16, 2025
The Bulletin: April 10-16, 2025 This past week’s articles of interest… Living Without Fossil Fuels: How Living Energy Farm Created a Comfortable Off-Grid Lifestyle German Journalist David Bendels Sentenced for Satirical Post Targeting Interior Minister Nancy Faeser The Economics Of A Dying Empire The Sharp Turn: Global Collapse Picks Up Speed Uruguay – by Matt […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCV–‘Renewable’ Energy: See, Hear, and Speak No Evil, Part 1
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CXCV–‘Renewable’ Energy: See, Hear, and Speak No Evil, Part 1 A recent post on environmentalism as a meme states that ‘renewable’ energy supporters hold that these technologies solve some significant problems that humanity faces. ‘Renewable’ energy enthusiasts claim the following: wars are not created as a result of them; they fight pollution; and […]
The Ultimate Killer: Pollution Deadlier Than War, Terrorism, and Major Diseases
The Ultimate Killer: Pollution Deadlier Than War, Terrorism, and Major Diseases Researchers reveal that pollution is a greater health threat than that of war, terrorism, malaria, HIV, tuberculosis, drugs, and alcohol combined. The study, involving global experts, examines traditional and lesser-known pollutants, advocating for better monitoring and awareness to mitigate cardiovascular impacts. Immediate action and […]
Burn After Wearing
Burn After Wearing A mountain of used clothes appeared in Chile’s desert. Then it went up in flames. Cheng Hwa This story was produced by Grist and co-published with El País. A Spanish-language version can be read here. Reporting was supported by the Joan Konner Program in the Journalism of Ideas. On the morning of June 12, 2022, Ángela Astudillo, […]
Coca-Cola responsible for more than half of worldwide plastic pollution, study says
Coca-Cola responsible for more than half of worldwide plastic pollution, study says In general, food and beverage companies are the largest polluters in the world. ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Coca-Cola is responsible for more than half of the plastic pollution across the globe, according to a new study. Researchers found that the Atlanta-based […]
Ocean waves contain more ‘forever chemicals’ than industrial pollution. That’s bad news if you live on the coast
Ocean waves contain more ‘forever chemicals’ than industrial pollution. That’s bad news if you live on the coast New research found that ocean spray spreads PFAS into the air and onto land, creating a vicious cycle of forever chemicals that never disappear. [Photo: Fer Nando/Unsplash] PFAS, or forever chemicals, are ubiquitous in our environment. In the […]
Plastics industry heats world 4 times as much as air travel, report finds
Plastics industry heats world 4 times as much as air travel, report finds Greenpeace activists display a giant art installation called ‘Perpetual Plastic Machine’ ahead of Global Plastic Treaty talks Saturday, May 27, 2023 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard) Pollution from the plastics industry is a major force behind the heating of the planet, according […]
‘Where can you hide from pollution?’: cancer rises 30% in Beirut as diesel generators poison city
‘Where can you hide from pollution?’: cancer rises 30% in Beirut as diesel generators poison city Lebanon’s economy and electricity system are broken and much power is now generated locally, with devastating effects on air quality and health Smog hangs over Beirut most days, a brownish cloud that darkens the city’s skyline of minarets and […]
The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Here’s where a lot of it ends up
The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Here’s where a lot of it ends up A local fisherman performs maintenance on his boat while surrounded by trash washed up on Loji Beach in West Java, Indonesia. The western coast of Java in Indonesia is popular with surfers for its world-famous […]
Large-scale factory farms have become the biggest source of water pollution in the U.S.
Large-scale factory farms have become the biggest source of water pollution in the U.S. The EPA can change that. Your hotdogs and burgers may be doing more than feeding friends at a barbeque. Large-scale factory farms and confined feedlot operations have become the biggest source of water pollution in the United States. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced plans to […]
The Road Worrier
The Road Worrier Final preparations for moving the donkey foals are upon me, which has me sorting out the logistics of getting them safely home. The breeder lives less than a kilometre away, which originally made me wonder if they could be walked over but the open road is just too dangerous. If it was […]
